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Page-list
A quiet workhorse for building clean page trees.
HealthyGrowing
88/100
This lightweight plugin provides reliable sitemap generation through simple shortcodes.
Active installs
~69,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 40k+
Rating
4.7★
89 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+19%
Growing
55 → 66 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing · +19% in the last year
55/day a year ago→66/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayPage-list is a well-regarded, lightweight plugin for displaying page lists and site maps via shortcode, appreciated for its simplicity and reliability, though it has known limitations around custom post type support and occasional compatibility concerns.
What people like
- +Easy to set up and use×5
- +Works reliably for listing child pages and building site maps×4
- +Minimal default styling makes it easy to customize with your own CSS
- +Considered a go-to, essential plugin by repeat users who deploy it across multiple sites×2
- +Seen as less bloated and more functional than comparable plugins
Common complaints
- −Does not support all custom post types×2
- −Teaser/excerpt text unavailable when used inside certain theme modules (e.g., Divi text module)
- −Infrequently updated, raising compatibility concerns with newer PHP and WordPress versions×2
- −At least one user could not get the plugin to work at all
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.72★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.70★
- 6%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2024-03-162025-05-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 89 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-04-29★★★★★The OriginalAlex Oreshkin
- 2025-12-18★★★★★works perfectlyRadja
- 2025-09-23★★★★★Very nice pluginEd Bernd Jr.
- 2024-07-24★★★★★Simple but powerfulmarbaque
- 2024-02-27★★★★★Very helpfuldinhac
- 2022-12-16★★★★★Works as it was intended!michael7574
- 2022-08-03★★★★★Excellent pluginceruleanpiglet
- 2021-09-13★★★★★Works fineAdilson Dal Olmo
- 2021-09-12★★★★★Doesn't workTvanda
- 2021-04-05★★★★★Love Love LoveJon Dennis
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
64
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
71
Prior 7-day baseline
95
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
5,779
Mean release-day peak (30d)
648
Latest day · 2026-06-03(spike)
-9.9%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
20%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
2.14
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
89%
5★ share in analyzed sample
6%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.72 → 4.72★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered